Farm to Table Safety Act

Summary

Farm to Table Safety Act This bill amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to modify the food safety education program authorized in the Act. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture to: (1) include farm workers in the program, and (2) expand the scope of the program to include practices that prevent bacterial contamination of food, methods of identifying sources of food contamination, and other means of decreasing food contamination.

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Timeline

1. 17 September 2015

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 17 September 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 17 September 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 5 October 2015

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 17 September 2015 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 17 September 2015

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 17 September 2015

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 17 September 2015

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Sponsors

• Tony Cárdenas · D · Sponsor
• Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• · hsag00 · Standing

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